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Panofsky ATH701 1
Panofsky ATH701 1
Art historian
OBJECT OF
INTERPRETATION
Primary or Natural
Subject Matter
ACT OF INTERPRETATION
EQUIPMENT FOR
INTERPRETATION
The
first
level
is
a
description of the factual (or
expressional), termed the
"pre-iconographic
description,"
in
which
uninterrupted subjects are
enumerated. This level does
not require any in-depth
knowledge of either the work
or its context, apart from the
ability to recognize what is
represented.
Secondary or
Conventional
subject matter
(Iconography)
Tertiary or
Intrinsic
Meaning or
Content
(Iconology)